How to Use evict in a Sentence

evict

verb

• His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon.
• They were evicted from their apartment.
• Hence, the lender was able to evict you and sell the home.
  — Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2023
• There are no plans to evict any of the tenants, Mills said.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2024
• The city of San Diego moved to evict most tenants from structures in 1987.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
• The father-in-law does not own the property and did not have the right to evict.
  — cleveland, 10 Sep. 2021
• Xavier doesn't use the veto, giving Big D the sole vote to evict.
  — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2021
• Doing so, Gross said, could lead the landlord to seek to evict you.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
• This is your house, and the decision whether to evict him should be yours.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 23 June 2021
• Each brought along door knockers who tried to evict her.
  — Dallas News, 28 July 2022
• If the payment is not made, state law says a landlord can evict you.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2021
• Think of a household in a tough stretch that can’t cover next month’s rent and is evicted.
  — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• Metro Phoenix landlords moved to evict hundreds more renters in April than March.
  — Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023
• The primary tenant cannot evict you or force you out of your home.
  — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2022
• If a judgment sides with the landlord, the tenant can be evicted.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2023
• Parks tried to evict all the liveaboards in 1980, after a transient boat docked there caught fire.
  — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 2 July 2021
• If a judgment sides with the landlord, the tenant can be evicted.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2024
• The team turned out to have been evicted from a hotel for nonpayment.
  — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023
• But there is always the risk that the ground owner will try to use the rent reset as a lever to evict the leaseholder.
  — Paula Aceves, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
• Gomberg fears that migrants who are evicted from city shelters will end up on the streets.
  — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
• But so far, Cerberus has refused to make an agreement with her and has asked a court to evict her.
  — New York Times, 21 Nov. 2021
• He was being kept as a pet, the owner was evicted and the sanctuary took in the sick pig and nursed him back to health.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2023
• She is allowed to live in her apartment as long as she isn’t evicted.
  — Jamiel Lynch, CNN, 12 June 2023
• The tribe still plans to evict the remaining tribal members.
  — Maya Brown, CNN, 18 Feb. 2022
• The man described Floyd as a blind senior who was close to being evicted.
  — Alexandra Duggan, Idaho Statesman, 14 Feb. 2024
• After 24 hours, the sheriff or landlord can forcibly evict the tenant and padlock the door.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 2 Aug. 2021
• Being friendly is good, but who wants to evict a buddy for not paying the rent.
  — Gary Singer, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Oct. 2021
• Petersen once had to disassemble a section of the house, brick by brick, to evict a hive of bees.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Oct. 2021
• Not great screenplays, but decent enough ideas to not have me get evicted.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2023
• The victim told police that Johnson stayed with her after he got evicted.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024